This paper focuses on the regulatory frameworks that determine the conditions of access for foreign investors and the degree of control that national authorities can (or can no longer) maintain over land in sub-Saharan Africa

Der Bericht untersucht zum einen die Ursachen und Probleme, die dem politischen Transitionsprozeß in den verschiedenen Staaten Afrikas zugrunde liegen, und zum anderen die Chancen und Perspektiven, die sich für die Herausbildung demokratischer Elemente, wie Presse- und Meinungsfreiheit,...

This paper deals with the problem of vulnerability of developing countries and their resilience capacity with respect to external shocks. The analysis particularly considers the countries of Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa. Although the transmission risks of the 2007 financial crisis were...

The Report by the Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress (Stiglitz et al., 2009) published in September 2009 has brought back to the attention of policy makers and researchers that measuring a country’s development solely on the basis of GDP or GDP per capita...